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Chipped knife and handle
Object Number 10-21-10/76611
Display Title Chipped knife and handle
Descriptions
Object Description Mock weapon used in War Dance
Inventory Description Knife, chipped stone blade, lanceolate, lashed with fiber string/pitch, carved w
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood, Chert, Fiber string
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm (9 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76611 & Karok\ 76611\ old no. 925
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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